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Did you miss “The Springer Hustle” this week? Well, I didn’t! You can find a recap of all of the chaos behind the scenes at the Jerry Springer Show after the jump.

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Once again, WatchingVH1.com is the first to bring you full recaps of this week’s new VH1 CelebReality shows “The Springer Hustle”, “Celebrity Fit Club”, and “Charm School”. If you missed the premiere, just check out our TV Schedule page to see when it airs again.

See all kinds of midgets, strippers, and transsexuals as Selina puts together a pay-per-view show on “The Springer Hustle”. Will Dustin Diamond quit “Celebrity Fit Club” after all the trash talking he did last week? Watch the Charm School girls master the art of debate and then celebrate in their own trashy way on “Charm School”. You can see the full recaps after the jump.

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Did you catch the new CelebReality on VH1 episodes today of “Celebrity Fit Club”, “Charm School”, and “The Springer Hustle”? Well, luckily for you, I did! After the jump, you can get recaps of all three shows. This week, find out how the Celebrity Fit Club contestants did at their first weight loss weigh-in and team competition. Get ready for some high fashion as the ladies of “Charm School” strut their stuff in a catwalk and design competition. How did Toby do in his “last chance” to produce a good show on “The Springer Hustle”? Find out after the jump!

To catch the repeats of these and more CelebReality shows, check our TV Schedule and set your TiVo or VCR!

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WatchingVH1.com brings you the first review of this week’s CelebReality shows on VH1. Did you know the new episodes are shown Sunday afternoons before their advertised premieres of Sunday night? Check out the TV schedule to find out when the episodes air. This week, Charm School and The Springer Hustle were new in the afternoon.

So what happened on this week’s episodes of Charm School (Dirty Drawers Done Dirt Cheap) and The Springer Hustle (Episode 2)? In order not to spoil it for those of you who want to watch it tonight, I will put my mini-recap of Charm School, full recap of The Springer Hustle and commentary after the jump. Full recaps of Charm School and the premiere of Celebrity Fit Club: Men vs. Women will be up sometime tomorrow.

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The ratings are in from this weekend’s big CelebReality premiere night on VH1. “Charm School”, the latest “Flavor of Love” spinoff, broke all VH1 records for a debut bringing in 5.1 million viewers. It was able to grow its audience from its lead-in the “I Love New York Reunion Show” which held steady at 5 million viewers. The other new offering of the night, “The Springer Hustle”, was also a nice surprise pulling in 2.3 million viewers at the 11:30 PM time slot. All three shows also were strong in the coveted 18-49 year old viewer demographic that advertisers love.

This week, “Celebrity Fit Club” will premiere on Sunday night at 8/7c before “Charm School”. The teams will be divided men vs. women this season and the overweight stars will compete for even bigger prizes. VH1 is hoping for big numbers again as the CelebReality genre finds its niche in primetime television.

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Well, apparently even VH1 doesn’t want to recap the Springer Hustle, so for now, I will post the links to the always funny recaps of I Love New York and Charm School at RealityShack.com written by Christina. Enjoy and be sure to comment below on the good, the bad, and the ugly of CelebReality.

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Welcome to a new feature of WatchingVH1.com! Every Monday after new CelebReality shows air on VH1, I will give you a glimpse into my thoughts and what you may have missed. As soon as recaps of the shows are available, I will link to those as well.

I Love New York–Reunion Show

Tiffany Ballard (New York) was back and so were all the men from I Love New York. Last time we saw New York, she had just accepted Tango’s marriage proposal…but will they live happily ever after? If you’ve been reading my blog, you know that Tango already has a girlfriend. Well, fireworks flew as he came on the reunion show and broke off the engagement with New York. He said he had proposed to “Tiffany” but after watching her as “New York”, he didn’t want to have anything to do with her since she dissed his mama. As he left the stage, New York let fly a lot of bleeped out words and used some hand gestures to the delight of the crowd. Meanwhile, Chance was just lounging on the couch nearby with a smirk on his face talking about how she should have chose him. Of course he didn’t mean that because rumor has it Chance and his brother Real will be getting their own spinoff on VH1.

Charm School–No Mo’Nicknames

What a delicious mess the Charm School girls are! They get to ride around in a short bus and the sound effects people on this show are just brilliant. Everytime Hottie blinks her eyes, a bicycle bell goes off that makes me think nothing is going on up under that giant weave of hers. After they all found out they were assigned rooms (oh, boo hoo, Pumkin, you’re stuck with angry girls who don’t like you), Mo’Nique made them burn their nametags with their nicknames on them and use their real names (yes, that means you too Krazy/Heather…not some made up ridiculous singing name of yours). Luckily, when they flash on screen for confessionals, their nicknames are still there under their real names because otherwise I’d have no clue who they were. The funniest part of the nickname burning ceremony was Mo’Nique making fun of Saaphyri’s nickname only to learn that is her real name (she was shown the door for fighting in Flavor of Love before he handed out nicknames, so she never got one). The girls are then forced to hike up a hill for two miles with a bunch of camping gear (it took them 4 hours! I think I could crawl 2 miles in 4 hours and I’m definitely not in shape). Between Schatar/Hottie and Thela/Rain complaining non-stop about things and thinking a spa was at the top of the hill, I was ready to turn off the show. However, they all made it through the night and then the next morning competed in a Marine obstacle course. Captains Saaphyri and Leilene/Smiley picked teams and Leilene didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings so she chose a crappy team for a physical challenge. Saaphyri’s team easily won the competition and all were immune from being expelled that night. When they got back to the mansion, the girls got their “good Catholic girl” uniforms and slutted it up as best as they could. In the end, crazy Thela/Rain was sent home after a one-on-one with Mo’Nique where she admitted to doing pot and how she couldn’t control her rage. Looks like it will be an interesting season…and New York will make a guest appearance sometime as well.

The Springer Hustle

This is probably the show I’m most disappointed in. Not enough Springer show action and too much behind the scenes stressed out boring stuff, in my opinion. It was interesting to see how they put the shows together and make the crazy guests even crazier, but I don’t know how they are going to keep this up for the rest of the season. The pace is so frenetic that I had to do breathing exercises to calm myself down just watching them. It’s high stakes, just like The Agency, but in fast forward and they deal with what they call “trailer trash” instead of high end women’s fashion models. There was so much yelling and coaxing of these people who want to be on the show it made my head spin. Salina, the producer we followed this week as she put a show together, was definitely driven, but she only left herself 48 hours to book an entire show, fly the guests in, prep them, and pull it all together for taping. I think my head would explode if that is the “daily grind” at my work. Next week, we follow a different producer named Toby as he puts his show together. It’s probably going to be the same thing with a different producer every week. Unless a producer comes along that actually makes me care about them, this is going to be one long season for me.

What did you think about the new shows? Comment below and give me the low down! If you haven’t seen the episodes yet, check out my handy TV Schedule to see when they are on next or see clips at the VSPOT.

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I think everyone who has ever seen the Jerry Springer Show has wondered where in the world they find those unbelievable guests. Luckily, VH1 is brave enough to go behind the scenes and bring us loyal viewers the toils and tribulations of the Jerry Springer Show production staff.

We will be introduced to producers Selena, Annette, and Toby as they try to impress the boss, Richard. They come up with the show themes and are charged with tracking down the people who live those crazy lives. Of course, Jerry is right in the mix and brings the production staff’s ideas to life. If the office is half as crazy as what happens on stage, I don’t think even Steve the bouncer will be able to help.

Tune in Sundays at 11:30 PM for the mayhem starting April 15th. Check back here for recaps and commentary, or the VH1 Springer Hustle page for more information.

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